My Reincarnation

While Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche believes that his son Yeshi is a reincarnation of his uncle, Yeshi tries to dismiss the belief and live his life in modern society.

Yeshi Namkhai visits Tibet and the monastery of his previous reincarnation, learning more about his culture and his past life.

Filmed over the course of 20 years, Jennifer Fox's 'My Reincarnation' follows a father-son story amid Tibetan Buddhism spirituality. Fox sits down with POV's executive producer Simon Kilmurry to discuss the challenges of showing spirituality in a visual medium, the challenges of editing a film which such a mass of logged footage, and the nature of "truth" in documentaries.

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu swims in Baja, California. He gives a teaching on how the nature of life is just like a dream.

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu explores the library at the University of Naples, where he teaches. He uncovers an old Buddhist text and explains the meaning of the world mandala in Tibetan Buddhism.

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu dreams of his daughter giving birth. He reminisces about his own birth and his younger brother's birth. After Rinpoche escaped Tibet in 1958, unbeknownst to him his younger brother was arrested and died at the hands of the Chinese.

As Chögyal Namkhai Norbu travels and teaches in Malaysia, he talks to a student about parenting, growing up in Tibet, and what he was like as a child.